AC/DC crowned festival kings

By Anonymous

Friday, November 19, 2010

The Aussie rockers' gig was voted the Headline Performance of the Year at the annual U.K. Festival Awards ceremony in London on Thursday night (18Nov10).

The band pulled out all the stops when they performed at the festival in June (10) - fireworks erupted and an enormous steam train with inflatable horns burst onto the stage as the stars opened with Rock 'N Roll Train.

Their two-hour show also saw guitarist Angus Young flash the crowd his boxer shorts and frontman Brian Johnson swing from a giant bell as they played Hells Bells.

Other winners at the prizegiving included folk rockers Mumford & Sons, who were voted the Best Breakthrough Act, and Florence and the Machine, whose cover of You've Got The Love was branded the Anthem of the Summer.

Scottish singer Paolo Nutini was named the Feel Good Act of the Summer, while Biffy Clyro won the Virtual Festivals Critics' Choice Award for their performance at the legendary Glastonbury Festival.